Adjustable garment.



I A. M. SCHNEIDER.

ADJUSTABLE GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, 1912.

1,065,554, Patented June 24,1913.

STATES PATENT @EETQE.

ALEXANDER M. SCHNEIDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADJUSTABLE GARMENT.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDER M. SCHNEIDER, acitizen of the United States, residing at New York city, county andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Adjustable Garment,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a garment which is adjustable at the waist, sothat the same garment may be fitted to differently sized persons.

The invention comprises novel and efiicient means for effecting theadjustment and for fixing the garment in position after the desiredadjustment has been effected.

The invention is applicable to drawers, skirts, shirt waists and wearingapparel generally, which must have a good fit at the waist.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure l is a perspective view of anembodiment of my invention showing it applied to drawers; Fig. 2 adetail perspective view of part of the garment showing the adjustingmeans proper; Fig. 3 a top view of such adjusting means with thefasteners open, and Fig. 4 a similar view with the fasteners closed.

The drawing shows the invention applied to a pair of drawers 10, thewaist band 11 of which is adapted to be taken in or let out at the rightas well as at the left of slit 12, so that by uniformly setting bothadjusting means, the desired change of waist meas ure may be effected.lVith many garments however, a single adjustment will suffice and as thetwo adjusting devices shown are of twin construction, the description ofone device will equally apply to the other.

The waist band 11 is doubled for a small portion of its length to form afold 13, which is fixed by a line of stitching 14. At the end of thisfold, one portion of the waist band is turned back upon itself, so as rto face or overlie the fold. This portion of the waist band is providedwith a row of button holes or similar openings 15, three of suchopenings being shown, though their number may obviously be varied. Thatother portion of the waist band which extends from the fold in theopposite direction carries at a substantial distance from the fold, atab 16 secured to the waist band at its end or root by an upright lineof stitching 17 The tab is however entirely Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed June 3, 1912.

Patented June 24, 1913.

Serial No. 701,139.

disconnected from the garment along its upper and lower edges and alsoat its tip, so that it may be fully folded outward to freely expose anyunderlying parts. The length of the tab is such that when projected overthe fold, its end will become substantially alined with the bight of thelatter. To the outer side of fold 13 there is permanently attached abutt-on or similar fastener 18 which is adapted to be passed througheither one of the openings 15 and to thence engage a button hole 19 orother coacting member provided for in the tip of tab 16.

In order to adjust the garment, tab 16 is swung back and thebutton-holed portion of the waist band is doubled upon itself beyondfold 13 to a greater or less extent, care be ing taken that one of itsopenings 15 is made to face button 18. The tab is then swung forward andthe button is passed through the selected hole 15 into engagement withthe button hole 19, so that in this way the waist band becomes fixed inits adjusted length, while at the same time the tab becomes fixed to thewaist band.

It will be seen that by the construction described, the tab may befolded completely backward, so that while the waist band is beingadjusted, the doubling thereof may be carried on in full view of theoperator. In this way the tuck may be correctly laid and the properopening 15 may be accurately alined with the button. It will also beseen that the button not only serves to fix the waist band in its newadjustment, but that it also constitutes the means for holding the tabtightly against the body of the band.

I claim:

An adjustable garment provided with a waist band having a plurality ofbutton holes, a button on the waist band adapted to engage either one ofsaid button holes, and a tab secured to the waist band sidewise of saidbutton holes but disconnected from the waist band at its top and bottom,said tab extending beyond the button and being provided with anadditional button hole which is also adapted to be engaged by saidbutton.

ALEXANDER M. SCHNEIDER.

l/Vitnesses HENRY LICHTENBERG, FRANK v. BRIESEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

